Vase



Federated Apr. 29, 1924 LUCIAN ROSENWALD, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

VASE.

Application filed April 21, 1921. Serial No. 463,129.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Looms RosnNwALn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Vases, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vases.

The object of my invention is to provide a vase having novel means forsupporting in a separated position the stems of plants, such as thestems of flowers or terns.

A further object of my invention is to provide in a vase novel means forsupport ing stems of plants which is simple in construction, cheap tomake, durable, not liable to out of order. which will securely hold thestems in different positions and angles, and which is of ornamentalappearance.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawingswhich illustrate the preferred form of myinvention,

F ig. l is a central vertical sectional View of my improved vase.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the differentviews.

1 designates the body oi? an ordinary vase in the upper end of which ismounted a transverse screen 2, which may be of woven wire, and which ispreferably concavo convex, with the convex side up. Preferably thescreen 2 is rigidly secured to the body 1 by soldering the screen at itsedges to the body, which in such case would be of metal.

Supported in the body 1 below the screen 2 is another transverse screen3, which may also be woven wire, and which may be supported by one ormore upwardly extending wires 4 which are attached at their upper endsto the screen 2.

In the use of the invention the stems of the plants are inserted throughboth screens 2 and 3, the openings in the screens permit- ,through thestems of ting the stems to be set at different angles in the vase, asindicated in. dotted lines in Fig. 1.

By having the screens rigidly mounted in the body, theyare not liable toloss, and the positions of the. stems will not be changed in even ratherrough handling of the vase.

By having the upper screen concave-convex, the upper side of thebouquet/is curved when, as with short stems the flowers rest on theupper screen. This shape of the upper screen also permits. 01. the stemsbeing a flatter angle than would be the case with a fiat upper screen.As the screens are spaced apart a substantial distance, the stems areheld at two points,thus insuring against shirting'of the stems from theproper positions.

By employing wire screens, the rounded surfaces do not injure the stems,and large openings may he provided with minimum amount of metal.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, asmany modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

\Vhat I claim is 1. A vase having rigidly secured in its upper end ascreen, and having mounted in it below said screen another transversescreen, and means supported by the upper screen for supporting the lowerscreen. the screens being adapted to receive there plants. substantiallyas set forth.

2. A vase having mounted in its one above the other two transversescreens, the upper screen being concavo-convex with its convex side up,the upper screen being; rigidly secured to the body of the vase, thescreens being adapted to receive therethrough the stems of plantsdisposed at the same or different-angles, and means supported by theupper screen for supporting: the lower screen, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

- LUCIANROSENWALD.

